cat Another blog topic to contemplate...lol...but did find a lesson in it...too rigid thinking can be stifling to creativity and knowledge...an open mind is good!!
For most gravity is a true phenomenon...you just have to become older to experience it...lol...
Thanks for your comments...sad that people have lost their life by not evacuating...some may not have understood that the levies could break...or some may not have had the money to evacuate...
I agree with you...would not invest in a city that lacks infrastructure to handle mother nature...that said...wouldn't live in a city that is below sea level...
ken I remember you telling me about your job there...thanks for the background info about New Orleans...hard to imagine that the Fort was approved to become a city...knowing that it was plagued with such problems...as far as the infrastructure...well if they are not building it up to the engineer's recommendations...another category 5 hurricane may damage the city again...but I hope they continue to improve their evacuation protocols...
crazy Stereotypes do exist but some relationships are not exclusively about money...but in saying that...having a bit of money doesn't hurt...it isn't the only factor...certainly enjoying each others' companionship and having similar interests is key...
The hurdle in these relationships is the different culture or values they may have...but it maybe worth it...IMO...
calm I looked on FB and there is only a mention of his passing but not why...looked at the obits and no mention of him...will post if I have more information...
ek That is what some thought about rebuilding New Orleans...lots of money spent in the disaster and including rebuilding the levies...and the pump system...and anxiously awaiting another hurricane season...
guadal Your friendship with LK?...I remember differently...but it explains your outburst here...we were all duped...thanks to Simmo...he was able to figure it out and expose her fraud including telling the victim of the identity theft...let it be...it is over...
moc If the city was one hundred percent evacuated...no deaths...and the economic challenge of rebuilding has many not wanting to go back there to live...they probably had a false sense of security in the levies...but yes...I see your point...thanks for your comment!!
angel Some people are nostalgic about their city...but sometimes there are risks living in a place that is below sea level...but evacuation plans and emergency response should have to be highly organised...
captain It is sad to hear of people losing their life because they were too poor or sick to evacuate...or the ones who stayed behind because they thought the levies could manage a hurricane of such magnitude...
captain That is why I thought this documentary is really interesting...it gives a brief history about people moving into that land and the problems with building in areas that are below sea level...infrastructure maybe a solution to the problem but they are not completely fail proof...if your city calls for an emergency evacuation...I would listen...
sands I doubt some people will return...leaving with nothing but hope...the levies have rebuilt and the new pumps installed but unsure if they listened to the experts' (engineers) opinion regarding category 5 hurricane...I wouldn't want to live there if I had property there...imagine the expense...leaving when hurricane season is upon you...then coming back to nothing again...
sands That is what the experts suggested...and the video shows where the levies broke when the hurricane was only a category 1 or 2...leading them to discovery of the undermining that happened...
How much monies was spent on housing those left in the aftermath...or the clean up?...I cannot imagine the amount...a tragic situation...
sands If it is that costly...perhaps it is time to move inland...one expert suggested that allowing the wet lands to return which would help the problem with surges...but there is no guarantee as you said to completely make people safe when hurricanes hit...but I think many will evacuate now that they have lived through that experience...
derty If you watch the documentary...it mentions that the pump systems were not designed to deal with the amount of water from a storm such as this or pumping the water out of the city...adding to the problem the levies were undermined...not properly constructed... In any city where hurricanes are going to take place...the government needs to provide these cities with monies to upgrade such infrastructure and listen to those with knowledge regarding such matters of evacuation planning not to mention their predictions...they predicted that New Orleans would sink if a category 5 landed...
The people that stayed behind were not properly informed or not given the financial help to evacuate...and adding to that there was inadequate response/help to attend to the crises in the aftermath of the hurricane...IMO...
zman Well hard to imagine being so young (ish) that I had to worry about it...but your right...the older you get...the more you will experience loss...
lind His blogs were very well thought out and very funny as well...going to miss him around here...like I said before...a chance to finally meet Simmo personally would have been a blast...
zman It is hard to believe still...I just e-mailed Simmo before his passing just to keep in touch...wanted him to post a blog...I feel very sad...hope non is okay... and you as well...
lind Horrible that she duped not only Simmo but others here as well...not to the extent Simmo experienced but he certainly wasn't alone in the deceit...will miss his witty blogs...and his kindness...
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